The suspect arrested with two loaded guns outside a Trump rally in Coachella over the weekend said he planned to sue Riverside County after the sheriff claimed his deputies stopped the man from attempting to assassinate the former president.
Vem Miller, 49, told The Times in a phone interview Monday that he brought his two weapons to the rally for self-protection, saying he has received death threats in response to work he has done for his media company, the America Happens Network.
He said that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco made false claims about him at a press conference over the weekend.
“Everything they said about me is untrue, provably so,” Miller told The Los Angeles Times. “Unfortunately, he appears to have committed career suicide.”
Miller added that he has lawyers preparing a “massive lawsuit” against the county. “As of right this second, I could prove everything they said is untrue. It’s just going to be bad. … That sheriff is going to lose his job.”
Bianco told reporters Sunday that his deputies “probably stopped another assassination attempt.”